Deuteronomy 30:1-20.
Deuteronomy 30:1-20 (Good News Translation)
1I have now given you a choice between a blessing and a curse.
When all these things have happened to you, and you are living among the
nations where the
LORD your God has scattered you, you will remember the choice I
gave you.
2If you and your descendants will turn back to the
LORD and with all your heart obey his commands that I am giving
you today,
3then the
LORD your God will have mercy on you. He will bring you back
from the nations where he has scattered you, and he will make you
prosperous again.
4Even if you are scattered to the farthest corners of the
earth, the
LORD your God will gather you together and bring you back,
5so that you may again take possession of the land where your
ancestors once lived. And he will make you more prosperous and more
numerous than your ancestors ever were.
6The
LORD your God will give you and your descendants obedient
hearts, so that you will love him with all your heart, and you will
continue to live in that land.
7He will turn all these curses against your enemies, who hated
you and oppressed you,
8and you will again obey him and keep all his commands that I
am giving you today.
9The
LORD will make you prosperous in all that you do; you will have
many children and a lot of livestock, and your fields will produce
abundant crops. He will be as glad to make you prosperous as he was to
make your ancestors prosperous,
10but you will have to obey him and keep all his laws that are
written in this book of his teachings. You will have to turn to him with
all your heart.
11The command that I am giving you today is not too difficult
or beyond your reach.
12It is not up in the sky. You do not have to ask,
"Who will go up and bring it down for us, so that we can hear
it and obey it?"
13Nor is it on the other side of the ocean. You do not have to
ask,
"Who will go across the ocean and bring it to us, so that we
may hear it and obey it?"
14No, it is here with you. You know it and can quote it, so now
obey it.
15Today I am giving you a choice between good and evil, between
life and death.
16If you obey the commands of the
LORD your God,
which I give you today, if you love him, obey him, and keep all
his laws, then you will prosper and become a nation of many people. The
LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are about to
occupy.
17But if you disobey and refuse to listen, and are led away to
worship other gods,
18you will be destroyed—I warn you here and now. You will not
live long in that land across the Jordan that you are about to occupy.
19I am now giving you the choice between life and death,
between God's blessing and God's curse, and I call heaven and earth to
witness the choice you make. Choose life.
20Love the
LORD your God, obey him and be faithful to him, and then you and
your descendants will live long in the land that he promised to give your
ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
God bless you.
1I have now given you a choice between a blessing and a curse.
When all these things have happened to you, and you are living among the
nations where the
LORD your God has scattered you, you will remember the choice I
gave you.
2If you and your descendants will turn back to the
LORD and with all your heart obey his commands that I am giving
you today,
3then the
LORD your God will have mercy on you. He will bring you back
from the nations where he has scattered you, and he will make you
prosperous again.
4Even if you are scattered to the farthest corners of the
earth, the
LORD your God will gather you together and bring you back,
5so that you may again take possession of the land where your
ancestors once lived. And he will make you more prosperous and more
numerous than your ancestors ever were.
6The
LORD your God will give you and your descendants obedient
hearts, so that you will love him with all your heart, and you will
continue to live in that land.
7He will turn all these curses against your enemies, who hated
you and oppressed you,
8and you will again obey him and keep all his commands that I
am giving you today.
9The
LORD will make you prosperous in all that you do; you will have
many children and a lot of livestock, and your fields will produce
abundant crops. He will be as glad to make you prosperous as he was to
make your ancestors prosperous,
10but you will have to obey him and keep all his laws that are
written in this book of his teachings. You will have to turn to him with
all your heart.
11The command that I am giving you today is not too difficult
or beyond your reach.
12It is not up in the sky. You do not have to ask,
"Who will go up and bring it down for us, so that we can hear
it and obey it?"
13Nor is it on the other side of the ocean. You do not have to
ask,
"Who will go across the ocean and bring it to us, so that we
may hear it and obey it?"
14No, it is here with you. You know it and can quote it, so now
obey it.
15Today I am giving you a choice between good and evil, between
life and death.
16If you obey the commands of the
LORD your God,
which I give you today, if you love him, obey him, and keep all
his laws, then you will prosper and become a nation of many people. The
LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are about to
occupy.
17But if you disobey and refuse to listen, and are led away to
worship other gods,
18you will be destroyed—I warn you here and now. You will not
live long in that land across the Jordan that you are about to occupy.
19I am now giving you the choice between life and death,
between God's blessing and God's curse, and I call heaven and earth to
witness the choice you make. Choose life.
20Love the
LORD your God, obey him and be faithful to him, and then you and
your descendants will live long in the land that he promised to give your
ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
God bless you.
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